Robert O’Brien

Innovator & Imagineer of space and energy futures. Nuclear Engineer/Physicist with a demonstrated history of specialty project and staff management, working in the space, defense and nuclear engineering research industry, and at National Laboratories. Skilled in Advanced Manufacturing Methodologies, Net-shaped sintering, Nuclear and Materials Engineering and Irradiation Experimentation. Other experience includes advanced propulsion systems and spacecraft systems design and development, new ballistic materials development, directed energy systems R&D, specialty testing, imaging device R&D, detector science and cryogenic systems development. Professional with a Ph.D focused on Physics Research (Space Nuclear Technologies) and a MPhys. In Physics with Space Science & Technology.